From Publishers Weekly
This collection of 12 independent, autobiographical tales takes the shape of a spiritual quest, "the experience of seeking meaning in everyday events." Wangerin, formerly a Lutheran pastor, and author of the award-winning The Book of the Dun Cow , presents a mosaic of growing up American, the first child of a peripatetic cleric, and the subsequent turning points of his development through adolescence and young adulthood are marked in vignettes of significant encounters. Alternating between child and adult, these simply told stories are memorials to grace-filled events. Particularly so is the title story, widely excerpted, a moving account of Wangerin's beginning as a pastor of a small, black congregation in Evansville, Ind., where, from a remarkable old woman the young pastor receives "the holy benevolence of her words," as Miz Lil deals with her own grief. Warm with self-effacing humor and human understanding, these are stories in the vein of Ragman and the Other Cries of Faith. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
Miz Lil and the Chronicles of Grace weaves the compelling story of a pastor's call to the inner-city and the dramas of faith that he encountered there. First published in 1988, it is here expanded with an all new Afterword.
From the Back Cover
First-rate storytelling and spiritual reflections in this updated edition of a Christian classic These beautifully told stories, culled from the author’s childhood, evoke the experience of growing up in America and living out a spiritual quest.
About the Author
Walter Wangerin Jr. is widely recognized as one of the most gifted writers writing today on the issues of faith and spirituality. Among his books are The Book of God; Paul: A Novel; Whole Prayer; Reliving the Passion; Preparing for Jesus; Mary’s First Christmas; Peter’s First Easter; Ragman and Other Cries of Faith; Miz Lil and the Chronicles of Grace; Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? Mourning Into Dancing; The Book of Sorrows; A Miniature Cathedral; The Orphean Passages; and Crying for a Vision. He lives in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he is writer-in-residence at Valparaiso University and holds the Jochum Chair.
Miz Lil and the Chronicles of Grace FROM THE PUBLISHER
Miz Lil and the Chronicles of Grace evokes the experience of growing up American and living out a spiritual quest. Culled from author Walter Wangerin's childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, and his years as an inner-city pastor, these twelve interwoven stories, beautifully told, lend flesh, feeling, and immediacy. We meet Grandpa Storck, a man of immense stature and enduring love. Jolanda Jones, whose beauty and brazen mannerisms belie a haunting vulnerability. And unforgettable Miz Lil, whose few, quiet words speak with the force of sorrow, experience, and faith. Full of emotion and passion, Miz Lil and the Chronicles of Grace unfolds the moving story of a pastor and storyteller's career, in which the deeply spiritual and the warmly human walk together.
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